MMMadeline Mitchell

1. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · By Madeline Mitchell and USA TODAY

   AI Is Accelerating Elder Fraud. Their Kids Are Reckoning With the Fallout (opens the original)

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   It’s the kind of call that makes Clayton LiaBratten’s blood boil. LiaBraaten, senior executive spokesperson at Truecaller, a Caller ID and spam blocking app, said a man called in recently asking for help. His mother, a grieving widow, had been scammed out of more than $7,000. Scammers told her they’d worked with her late husband to cover up tax evasion records, and in order to preserve what was left of her inheritance, she had to pay up. By the time her adult son found out about the scam, it was

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2. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · By Madeline Mitchell and USA TODAY

   She Moved Closer to Home for Her Aging Father. Then, a Surprise (opens the original)

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   Natalie Bryan, 49, knows how devastating dementia can be. Her grandmother had Alzheimer’s disease, and in recent years Bryan has watched some of her friends care for their own parents. It’s one of the reasons why she and her husband decided to move back home to Oklahoma City in 2021, after spending the first half of their careers moving all around the country. “My husband has older parents as well,” she said. “We decided that the parents are getting older, and there will be a time that they need

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